pusyaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hokkien 不肖 (put-siàu, “unseemly; dishonorable”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pus‧yaw
  • IPA(key): /pusˈjaw/, [pʊˈʃaʊ̯]

Noun

pusyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

  1. paleness
    Synonym: putla
  2. pallor

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “pusyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 46
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
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